Both organisations – COSF and HDFS are
“Non profit organisations” and are registered as
Charities. All donations and other incomes, as well
as the fixed and variable assets are exclusively
for the use of children-orientated projects as specified in the statutes
of the COSF and in the Trust Deed of the HDFS. All
members of the board work honorary.

Tax Benefits
Contributions to either COSF or HDFS
are exempt from taxation as per the rules of the
respective countries

Funding

Partnership with Children Of Sikkim Foundation (COSF)
The CHILDREN OF SIKKIM FOUNDATION (COSF) is a child
welfare organization, which supports orphaned,
semi-orphaned and needy children from the poorest
families of the Himalayan state of Sikkim (North
East India) with children's homes, schools,
vocational training and medical supply. COSF enables
project, child and teacher sponsorships as well as
direct contributions, making it possible for HDFS to
fund its social welfare activities.

Individual and local donors
A number of individual donors locally and from
overseas help us at HDFS, both, financially as well
as by gifting various items required for the
children.

Government help
HDFS actively seeks assistance from relevant
departments of the Government of India as well as
State Government of Sikkim which have specific
assistance packages for the type of projects being
implemented by HDFS.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MTA), a department
of the Government of India has been a major source
of funding for the past couple of years.

Alternate sources of funding
HDFS is in the early stages of introducing income
generating activities that will be tied with
vocational training programmes and cultural
activities. Some of these include: floriculture,
horticulture and vermiculture compost for farming.

With the growth of Children’s Village, we are always
under pressure to provide for the children in
several areas and for this we look forward to
continuing support from existing and new
beneficiaries.

While monetary donations go a long way towards
ensuring that HDFS is able to continue to serve
those in our care, over 300 children ranging from
the ages of 4 to 17 do require things from time to
time and many of our facilities require specific
items which might not be included on our operating
expenditure budget.

For these items we appeal to members of the public.
We would be grateful if you can spare any of the
following for these children: